tunnel delay labor dispute
Tunnel delays equipment problems

The contractor could have ended this by just hiring the longshoremen which represents a mere fraction of the workforce which is comprised of construction union members. The NLRB has their hands in this. Also the contractor could have loaded the dirt on trucks and dumped the dirt in King county instead of barging it to the Olympic Peninsula. If they proposed to ship it via barge then they should have known the longshoremen would be involved. The contractor is still being held to the schedule.